Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Academic journal

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Discipline| Law
Social science
Language| English
Edited by| Carol A. Heimer
Publication details
History| 2005–present, 19 years old
Publisher|

Annual Reviews (US)

Frequency| Annually

Open access

| Subscribe to Open

Impact factor

| 2.4[1] (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt1 * alt2)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Annu. Rev. Law Soc. Sci.
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
ISSN| 1550-3585 (print)
1550-3631 (web)

OCLC no.| 55135983
Links

* Journal homepage

The Annual Review of Law and Social Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes an annual volume of review articles relevant to the interconnection of law, culture, social structure, and society. It was established in 2005 and is published by Annual Reviews. Its current editor is Carol A. Heimer.[2] As of 2023, it is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model.[3]

## History

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The Annual Review of Law and Social Science was first published in 2005 by nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. As of 2021, it is published both in print and electronically.[4] Its inaugural editor was John L. Hagan.[5] Hagan was followed by Robert J. MacCoun (2018-2023).[6][7] As of November 2023, Carol A. Heimer was listed as the editor.[2]

## Scope and indexing

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The Annual Review of Law and Social Science defines its scope as covering significant developments in the field of law. Its reviews examine the interconnections of law, culture, social structure, and society.[8] Most volumes include a prefatory chapter in which a prominent scholar in the field reflects on their careers and experiences.[5] As of 2024, Journal Citation Reports lists the journal's 2023 impact factor as 2.4, ranking it as 20th out of 421 journal titles in the category "Law" and 47thj of 217 titles in "Sociology".[1] It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, IBZ Online, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Political Science Complete, and Academic Search, among others.[9]

## Editorial processes

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The Annual Review of Law and Social Science is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[10] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[11]

### List of editors

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* John L. Hagan (2005-2018)[5]
* Robert J. MacCoun (2018-2023)[6][7]
* Carol A. Heimer (November 2023-present)[2]

### Current editorial board

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As of 2023, the editorial committee consists of the editor and the following members:[12]

* Michael W. McCann
* Martin Krygier
* Ron Levi
* Osagie Obasogie
* Arzoo Osanloo
* Jennifer Robbennolt

## References

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1. ^ a b "Journal Impact Factors". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
2. ^ a b c "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
3. ^ "Subscribe to Open". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
4. ^ "Expected Publication Dates". Annual Reviews. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
5. ^ a b c Hagan, John (1 December 2005). "Preface by John Hagan". Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 1 (1): annurev.ls.1.110105.100001. doi:10.1146/annurev.ls.1.110105.100001. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
6. ^ a b MacCoun, Rob (13 October 2018). "Introduction". Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 14 (1): v. doi:10.1146/annurev-ls-14-081718-100001. ISSN 1550-3585.
7. ^ a b "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 19, 2023". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
8. ^ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
9. ^ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science". MIAR. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
10. ^ "Editorial Principles and Policies". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
11. ^ "Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
12. ^ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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